Musical Traditions is another fine site -- English-based, so more of that than American, but some good reviews and articles on American music, too. In my experience the American "old-time" scene is heavy on the string band stuff and lighter on singers. Musical Traditions makes up for this with writers who understand American traditional song.

Record labels: Rounder, Folk Legacy, Appleseed, Smithsonian Folkways, among others, have done some fine first or re-issues. As a source, the Andy's Front Hall catalog includes record reviews that are useful (especially since its lists are so long that there's no more info than artist and title).

~ Becky in Tucson

Link fixed. You were missing a close quote on that last one. --JoeClone, 28-Jan-02.